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Houthi Halted Red Sea Attacks But Carriers Not Ready to Return Shipping to Suez Canal

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Posted November 13, 2025

Houthi Halted Red Sea Attacks But Carriers Not Ready to Return Shipping to Suez Canal

Are the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden attacks over? News broke this week indicating they’ve stopped, which has enormous implications for international shipping. No Attacks Since Peace Deal Since [...]

Will Israel-Hamas Peace Deal Open Red Sea Shipping?

Are we finally going to see a return of normalcy for container ships moving through the Gulf of Aden and Red Sea to utilize the Suez Canal in international shipping? Rerouting ships down and [...]

Is Shipping About to Return to the Red Sea? What It Means for Freight Rates

By Jared Vineyard

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Posted January 21, 2025

Is Shipping About to Return to the Red Sea? What It Means for Freight Rates

Is it over? We may have finally reached the end of the crisis in the Red Sea. Iran-backed Houthi rebels have been attacking ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden for over a year. It's caused [...]

Ocean Carriers Expected to Stay Away from Red Sea thru 2025

By Jared Vineyard

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Posted October 24, 2024

Ocean Carriers Expected to Stay Away from Red Sea thru 2025

Shippers want to know when things will return to normal with the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Suez Canal. The situation there massively affects global supply chains for the worse, and shippers have [...]

By Jared Vineyard

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Posted March 7, 2024

Houthi Attack on Ship Kills 3 – Ocean Shipping Balanced “at Maximum Capacity” and Vulnerable

The situation in the Gulf of Aden and Red Sea, forcing ocean freight carriers to route ships away from the Suez Canal, got worse yesterday (Wednesday, March 6th). Antisemitic, Iran-backed Houthi [...]